Hi guy's, after some tests ive come to the conclusion that the fan power supply on my gfx card is not working, because when i purchased an artic cooling cooler for the card, after the original ceased to rotate, the new fan still did not work.
The gfx card works fine its just gettin the fan to work, so i was wondering if i could wire the fan's connector to a powersupply on the motherboard?
I went to a comp shop called maplins and the dude there gave me a fan splitter for a normal fan. The artic cooler's cable was not able to fit into the fan splitter properly so i was told to cut the head of both 3-pin connectors and solder them together, is this viable??? Thanks
Hi i also realised the fan cable from the artic cooler is arrange yellow black red whilst the fansplitter cable's own is arranged yellow red black, should i solder corresponding colours together?
Hi i also realised the fan cable from the artic cooler is arrange yellow black red whilst the fansplitter cable's own is arranged yellow red black, should i solder corresponding colours together?
OK, I'll make it easier... from the arctic-cooling.com link I posted:
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Clicking noise or problem with the power supply of the fan
Most of the ATI boards contain the LM63 fan controller chip. This chip is not just varying the voltage in order to regulate the fan speed, it is also sending voltage peaks up to 25 Volt. This can cause a clicking noise and in very rare cases a capacitor defect in the motor because of over voltage.
Solution: Get the power directly from the PSU. In order to get 12 Volt, you have to connect black with black and red (VGA) with yellow (PSU), for 5 Volt connect black with black and red with red. You can also use a thermistor to regulate the voltage. To connect the cables soldering is not necessary. Easiest is to use a 5.25" Y-cable and cut one plug and the VGA power plug, remove the isolation of the corresponding cables, twist them into each other and isolate with standard tape.
